Safe Sunless Self-Tanning Lotions

There is a new, easier and safer way of skin tanning. That can be done through the use of tanning lotions. They offer no skin damaging effects. They are cool on the skin and definitely non-greasy. It uses natural ingredients and is water-based so it is surely safe to use. Tanning yourself under the sun can cause many harmful effects sun as skin deterioration, skin disease and worst, cancer because the sun’s rays are not so safe anymore. People opt to use tanning lotions instead as alternative tanning methods.

The ozone layer is badly destroyed today. The rays of the sun are scorching and painfully hot for the human skin to endure and are therefore not safe anymore. Vitamin D could only be obtained in the early hours of the morning and for the rest of the day bad effects to the skin could be acquired from the too much sun exposure. Because of this, specially formulated tanning lotions have been created to ensure a good and safer way of tanning.

The skin naturally produces melanin but for fair-skinned people melanin production is less active. The more melanin a person has, the darker he/she is and the more protection he/she has from harmful sun rays.

Tanning lotions imitate the melanin production in our skin that is why we end up looking tan. They make use of Dihydroxyacetone or DHA in place of melanin which chemically acts on amino acids and our dead skin cells to come up with a golden brown skin.

Since white people have less skin cancer protection due to the lack of melanin, it is safer for them to use tanning lotions to avoid getting skin diseases but at the same time getting the look they want. Great tanning lotions don’t give off orange streak effects. Of course, you have to be very careful with the tanning lotion you are to buy. Make sure it is effective and decent and does not trigger any allergic reaction on your skin. Check and verify the ingredients and ask for opinions of past or present users of the product. Do some good researching and test the product yourself on a small part of your skin to make sure you are safe to use it. Sometimes, the effectiveness of the product also depends upon the skin type of the person.

There are some important reminders when getting a tan.

Scrub and exfoliate your whole body first especially the dry and scaly areas of the body like the knees and elbows to get rid of the dead skin cells of yours. This will help lengthen the effect of the tanning lotion on you.

Apply the lotion. After that, don’t attempt to take a shower, or bath, or wash yourself to prevent the lotion from dripping out causing an uneven tan and ugly streaks.

Use gloves so as not to color the palms and to prevent getting chemicals on sensitive parts of the body like the eyes.

The Food and Drug Administration of America approves of tanning lotions as a safe and effective alternative to get a tan. It dries quickly and does not feel sticky. It may last for more or less a week. They are available in scents suitable to men and women and they appear as natural as the skin of sun-kissed born people. Tanning lotions promise a younger, healthier, well-kept and well-maintained skin.